AquaFed Contributed to Report Promoting Integrity in Water Sector

AquaFed participated in the conception of the report, contributed to the text and provided comments and examples on how corruption can impede the delivery of water and sanitation services. The Federation also made suggestions on ways to improve integrity and fight corruption in water. Corruption can occur at all levels of the delivery chain of water and sanitation services in many different parts of the world. It extends from "grand corruption" in major projects to "petty corruption" at the level of individual user interfaces when individuals find illicit ways to avoid paying service charges. It may involve public officials at all levels from the highest to the lowest as well as private interests.

Gérard Payen, the President of AquaFed, declared that corruption is one of the causes of the serious shortfall in water and sanitation delivery in many places in the world. It contributes to the slow progress in achieving universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation.
 
The Global Corruption Report 2008, corruption in the water sector is published by Transparency International.